Bath Time
It
was time for Father John's Saturday night bath and a young sister, Jane Edwards
had prepared the bath water and towels just the way the old nun
instructed. Sister Jane was also instructed not to look at Father John's
nakedness if she could help it, do whatever he told her to do and pray.
The next morning the old nun asked sister Jane how the bath went.
"Oh, sister," said the young nun dreamily. "I've been
saved." "Saved? And
how did that fine thing come about?" asked the old nun. "Well, when
father
John was soaking in the tub, he asked me to wash him, and while I was washing
him he guided my hand down between his legs where he said the Lord keeps the key
to Heaven."
"Did he now," said the old nun evenly. Sister Jane continued,
"And Father John said that if the key to Heaven fit my lock, the portals of
Heaven would be opened to me and I would be assured of salvation and eternal
peace.
And then Father John guided his key to Heaven into my lock." "Is that
a fact?" said the nun even more evenly. "At first it hurt terribly,
but Father John said the pathway to salvation was often painful and that the
glory of GOD would soon swell my heart with ecstasy.
It did, it felt so good being saved."
"That wicked old Devil," said the old nun. "He told me it was
Gabriel's Horn, and I've been blowing it for 40 years!"